So, to some extent SITLA is betting on Uncompahgre. If the litigation goes a certain way, then those lands would be there to appropriate into whatever value SITLA feels those 100,000 acres have--possibly to develop gas and oil, who knows?
Grijalva questions the appropriateness of including Ute tribal lands in legislation amid ongoing litigation.
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